2000 BMW M Coupe Review: Ugly Duckling or Future Classic [Kennan]

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Check out Kennan as he explores the "Facts and Figures" of the BMW Z3 M Coupe is a seriously wonderful car that boasts excellent performance, and – most importantly – head-turning styling, combined with very interesting practicality thanks to a useful hatchback grafted onto a Z3 M Roadster. Then Kennan will "Get Nerdy" and discuss the 5-speed manual transmission and some great factory equipment, including a limited-slip differential and a power sunroof. Plus, it comes with no major modifications, which is a great benefit that further enhances the appeal of this M Coupe.

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:43 CARS & BIDS!!!
01:16 History of the BMW M Coupe
02:42 Versions of the Z3
03:56 The "Timeless" Design
04:53 What the Coupe Offers
05:35 Parts Sharing and Suspension Tweaks
06:20 The Powertrain
08:02 The Interior
09:22 Driving the M Coupe "Clown Shoe"
16:38 Outro

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[MaximusOverdrive]

“Facts and Figures” has been an excellent spoof of “Quirks and Features, ” haha.

[phazonlord]

Man, Kennan is absolutely killing it with the car selection this month! The perfect cars to be picked apart by his more technical approach. It's like DougCember but in October, we shall call it Kennantober!

[brucelanglois]

I've always loved the clown shoe! Shooting brakes are great; too bad they are so rarely made. Watching this I kept thinking about one of my favorite quotes from Clarkson, when he drove the 1M: “Straight six in the front, manual gearbox in the middle and drive going to the rear. Page 1 Chapter 1 of the Petrosexual handbook”

[bimbettocavallo]

Love love love your videos Kennan and how you found your voice and style now! At first I thought you wanted to leverage Doug's style, but now you have your unique touch.
Your introduction was pitched as "the more technical guy" but I do like the balance you strike between technical details but not too many.
Keep it going! Next time I see you at RSF Cars & Coffee I will come to say hi!

[winstonmiu]

I actually like the S52 over S54—no harsh rasp, less maintenance, and more usable power.

Your on-camera skills are improving, Kennan! You’re much more natural on-camera now!

[paulwintermute]

I absolutely love the Z3 M coupe. This is the kind of car I would buy... but then again the FF is my favorite Ferrari so that's saying something.

[TzadikTheManic]

Maybe my top dream car, and the M variant 100% sealed it. The clown shoe’s a study both in avant-gardism *and* a free spirited “Idgaf what you think!” attitude. Just brilliant :)

[jsh]

I'm so glad that you mentioned the M Coupe's usage of the E30 M3's rear suspension. I feel like a lot of people don't know that about this car. Great video.

[GlennsCarCollection]

I owned a 2001 M Coupe with the S54 engine for many years. Bought it cheap, years ago. As an E46 M3 owner, it always felt like a light weight M3 to me. I believe the Clownshoe weighed about 300 lbs lighter. Great car.

[kellingtonlink]

Around the year 2000, one of my neighbours had one. It was new, but not an M-car/model. Most (most!) of the neighbours hated it, except a very small handful… including myself. What’s interesting is that nobody was neutral on it’s looks. Love it, hate it… with nobody in the middle. As I owned a CRX with it’s huge lift gate, I loved the design of this BMW since it’s launch. Thanks for the video.

[whatsay]

Great to see Kennan making reviews his own. Comes across when it’s done naturally. Great job Kennan.

[WarriorsPhoto]

I've driven both the Shoe and the Z3M. They are both very fun cars and I'd take either version.
They are toss able and easily recover if the rear comes around. Plus the s52 is such a simple engine. I'd say it's got more torque in the low to mid range than an s54. If high revs and speeds are desired then an s54 is the way to go. But with the s54 be prepared to spend money maintaining the engine.
Thank you for sharing Kennan.

[leoandriasyan]

This car was further improved the following year when they upgraded the engine to the s54 which made like 60 more hp

[blairsmith]

Love the choice of car for this review. Nice to have a fellow BMW enthusiast doing his thing on this channel!

[kaas]

I daily a 2001 Z3 and it’s wonderful. Good tradeoff between quality comfort and fun

[tnhn]

unpopular opinion but I love this car so much!

[erkkavilhunen]

Z3 was based on E30 underpinnings to keep cost down. Therefore it has E30 baseplate with narrow transmission tunnel. As M coupe is based on same platform it has same limitations as E30. Only option BMW had was to use 5-speed. It was simple cost saving and not protecting M3 why it has 5-speed. If there were space available they would have given it 6-speed to streamline production.

[ThaDirtyBubble]

I used to scoff at these years but my god do I love them now.

[pauledgewater]

I always liked the way these look. They reminded me of the MG coupes from way back when.

[danieltackett]

The 2001-02 M Coupe is like the M “sampler.” E36 chassis, E30 rear suspension, and E46 M3 engine. Not just a parts bin car, but a 3 generation car!
(And the S54 M Coupe is rare and valuable now).